April 14, 1998
5:11 a.m.
 Congratulations to: Louise Rowder whose short story "Symmetry of Duty" made the ballot for the CI$ Homer Award! Mary Soon Lee whose short story "Monstrosity" has made the Nebula Preliminary ballot! Adrienne Gormley whose short story "Children of Tears" made the preliminary Nebula Award ballot! drop a line in my newsgroup   After a great Easter weekend, I'm nearly finshed with the final rewrite of "The Well of Waiting Souls". Martin sent me his version, I'm clarifying one point (albeit a major one), and then Lisa gets it for a final comb through. It's a big one--nearly 15,000 words. Hope it was worth it! Then I need an hour or two with "The Last Heartstone" (which is already through Lisa's grinder). It'll go in the mail over the weekend. In my own good news--not nearly so good as Adrienne's and Louise's, but pretty okay, I suppose--I received my copy of the SFWA Forum today. My short story "The Test of Time" has received a couple more recommendations. I'm not in the rarified strata of truly being nominated (the area I'll from hereout call the Silverethorne Zone [ g r i n ]), but I'm feeling pretty decent about it. Not to toot my own horn, but unless I'm missing something, it's the most decorated/recommended story in the anthology. Which is fun to say, even though that fact and a buck will still only manage to get me a bottle of spring water from the vending machine at work. Sometimes you just have to put things in perspective!  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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